Czech
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Behold, if the river is turbulent he is not frightened
DOK.REVUE: Olaf Möller remembers Karel Vachek, who died in December 2020 at the age of 80
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There’s more than one feminism
DOK.REVUE: A reflection on women documentarians inspired by Barbora Baronová’s book Women on Women.
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Hopeless endeavours down the supply chain
CAPITALISM: No justice in a world where Third World workers are as disposable as the cheap garments they make.
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From ecological grief to rebellion
ACTIVISM: Extinction Rebellion is a rapidly growing climate protest movement, which seeks to convert love of nature, and the rage over political inaction, into collective action. But what is the political potential of grief?
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Above us, About us: Two new documentaries from Rotterdam
IFFR:This year‘s film festival in Rotterdam unveiled several documentaries and shorts, amongst them Above Us Only Sky – a calming exercise in intellectual and sensual stimulation – and Pelourinho: They Don't Really Care About Us, which proved to be a rough, angry gem of a picture.
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The pioneer of long-term filmmaking
IDFA: Helena Trestikova’s work epitomises the innovative role of long-term filmmaking, and the inextricable link between big and little histories.
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Czech newcomers excel in excavating the past
Despite a Slovakian sweep at the Finále in Plzeň this year, two Czech newcomers stood out from the crowd.
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More Naive Than Nazi
A portrait of an average, everyday Neo-Nazi, The White World According to Daliborek illustrates East-Central European ennui in the form of a gently ironic documentary.